KR101134267B1 - System and method for converting content - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and system for converting content. By extracting elements of the web content from the collected web content, and extracting domain elements from the web page to which the web content belongs and matching the elements of the broadcast content, it is possible to provide the web content to be reproduced in the broadcast receiving device.

Description

Content conversion method and system {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING CONTENT}

Disclosed are a method and system for converting content. In particular, a content conversion method and system for performing a predetermined process so that various types of contents can be reproduced in a broadcast receiving apparatus is disclosed.

In recent years, as the Internet is developed and popularized, many people are using the Internet to obtain necessary information.

Moreover, as the use of the Internet increases, contents such as images and articles are provided to users through web pages. Increasingly, the types of web contents produced online are not only diverse, but the amount of web contents is also greatly increased compared to broadcast contents provided by broadcasting stations. Accordingly, viewers or users want to play web content on a broadcast receiving device such as an IPTV.

However, the format of the web content is different from the format of the broadcast content reproduced in the broadcast receiving device. For example, in order to provide information of the same contents that the company has in a TV, PC, and mobile service environment such as 3Screen, an EPG (Electronic program guide) suitable for each service environment must be generated.

 Accordingly, when the broadcast receiving device intends to use the web content, an apparatus for converting the web content into a format of a broadcast service environment is required.

In addition, there is a need for a technology capable of delivering content converted in a format to a broadcast receiving device so that web content produced online can be reproduced in the broadcast receiving device.

The present invention provides a content conversion method and system for converting web content produced online to be reproduced in a broadcast receiving device by matching the rank of elements of web content and the rank of elements of broadcast content.

In addition, the present invention provides a web page generation method and apparatus for generating a web page using a micro-format generated according to the format of the broadcast content, so that the web content produced online can be played on the broadcast receiving device without the matching of the hierarchy. do.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a content conversion method includes extracting elements of web content from web content, extracting domain elements from a web page to which the web content belongs, and elements and domain elements of the web content. And matching the rank between elements of the broadcast content.

In this case, the web content may be collected from one or more web pages. Then, in the matching step, the ranks may be matched so that the collected web content is played in the broadcast receiving device.

In addition, elements of the broadcast content may include a provisioning information, a service information table, and a virtual channel map table element. Then, the matching may include matching elements of the web content to the provisioning information element, and matching the domain elements to the service information table and the virtual channel map table element.

Here, the domain elements may include an address, a head, and a body of a web page to which the web content belongs. Then, the matching may include matching an address of the webpage to the provisioning information element and matching the head and body to the virtual channel map table element.

In addition, the content conversion system according to an embodiment of the present invention, an element extraction unit for extracting the elements of the web content from the web content, the domain elements from the web page to which the web content belongs, and the elements of the web content And a matching unit matching the ranks of domain elements and elements of broadcast content.

In addition, the web page generation method according to another embodiment of the present invention may include generating a micro format based on the format of the broadcast content, and generating a web page according to the generated micro format. .

In this case, the generating of the micro-format may include generating the micro-format such that the hierarchy of elements of the broadcast content and the hierarchy of elements of the web content correspond to each other.

Here, elements of the broadcast content may include a provisioning information, a service information table, and a virtual channel map table element. The generating of the micro-format may include: an author element corresponding to the provisioning information element, a feed, an entry, and an entry title corresponding to the service information table element. ), And the micro-format including an entry-content element corresponding to the virtual channel map table element.

In addition, the method may further include obtaining domain elements of the generated web page. Then, generating the micro format may generate the micro format such that the obtained domain elements correspond to the author element.

The method may further include transmitting elements of web content belonging to the generated web page.

In addition, the web page generating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, a micro-format generating unit for generating a micro format based on the format of the broadcast content, and a web page generation for generating a web page according to the generated micro-format It may include wealth.

The content converting method and system may match the rank of the elements of the web content with the rank of the elements of the broadcast content, thereby reproducing the web content produced online on the broadcast receiving device.

In addition, by generating a web page using a micro-format generated according to the format of the broadcast content, it is possible to reproduce the web content produced online on the broadcast receiving device without rank matching.

1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a network to which a content conversion system according to an embodiment of the present invention belongs.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a content conversion system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart provided to explain a content conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram provided to explain a method of matching elements of web content according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an overall system configuration for reproducing web content in a broadcast reception device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a web page generating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view provided to explain a generation method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram provided to explain a method of generating a micro format according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a network to which a content conversion system according to an embodiment of the present invention belongs.

According to FIG. 1, the web page 100 may provide web content to users. Web pages may provide various kinds of web services to users through the Internet, and web pages are managed and provided by a plurality of web service providers.

The content providing device 300 may supply broadcast content to the broadcast receiving device 400 such as IPTV, STB, DMB, and navigation. In this case, the content providing device 300 may provide cable broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, digital broadcasting, and analog broadcasting to the broadcast receiving device 400. Then, broadcast content may be played in the broadcast receiving device 400. Here, the broadcast content may include a video, a still image, a news article, and an article.

In this case, since the format of the web content and the format of the broadcast content are different, the content conversion system 200 may convert the format of the web content into a format that can be reproduced by the broadcast receiving device 400. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the content conversion system 200 may not only be configured separately from the content providing apparatus 300 but also may be modularized in the content providing apparatus 300.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a content conversion system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a flowchart provided to explain a web content conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the content conversion system 200 may include an element extractor 210 and a matcher 220.

First, referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the element extractor 210 may extract elements of web content from the collected one or more web contents (310). For example, the element extractor 210 analyzes the web content and extracts a channel, a title, a publication date, and a description as elements of the web content, as shown in FIG. 4. Can be.

In this case, the element extractor 210 may analyze web content using parsing. Here, the web content may be collected from a plurality of web pages using RSS or ATOM. Also, a plurality of web contents may be collected in one web page.

In addition, the element extractor 210 may extract a domain element from the web page (320). For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the domain element may include address information, a head, and a body of a web page. Here, the URL may be used as the address information of the web page.

Next, the matching unit 220 may match the extracted elements with the hierarchy of elements of the broadcast content (330). In this case, the matching unit 220 may match the hierarchy of elements of the web content format with the hierarchy of elements of the broadcast content format using the extracted elements. Here, the broadcast content has a form of a broadcast standard that is defined to be reproduced by the broadcast receiving device 400, and elements of the broadcast content may include provisioning information (ProvisioningInfo), service information table (MasterSiTable), and virtual channel map table ( VirtualChannelMap Table).

For example, referring to FIG. 4, the matching unit 220 may match elements of web content with a virtual channel map table and rank. Here, the virtual channel map table may include the location of the virtual channel description.

In addition, the matching unit 220 may match the domain elements with the ranks of the provisioning information and the service information table. In this case, the matching unit 220 may match the URL with the rank of the provisioning information among the domain elements. The matching unit 220 may match the head and the body with the rank of the service information table. Here, the provisioning information may include a location of a master service information (SI) table and a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) data, and the service information table may include a location of a virtual channel map.

The content providing device 300 may search for a service provider (Service Provider Discovery) (340). In this case, the service provider may be a broadcast service provider or a content aggregator. Here, the broadcast service provider may include a broadcast station, a cable broadcast, and the like.

For example, in the case of providing content through IPTV, the content providing device 300 may search for broadcasting stations such as ABC broadcast, CNN broadcast, and BBC broadcast that provide a broadcast service through IPTV. In this case, the content providing device 300 may select any one of the found service providers.

Subsequently, the content providing apparatus 300 may establish a connection with the found service provider (Service Provider Attachment) (350).

For example, when ABC broadcast is selected at 340, the content providing device 300 may obtain a representative URL of ABC broadcast. In addition, the content providing device 300 may access the Internet through the obtained URL and establish a connection with the ABC broadcast. Then, the content providing device 300 may obtain broadcast information provided by ABC broadcast. Here, EPG information may be used as broadcast information.

In operation 360, the content providing device 300 may search for a broadcast service provided by a service provider to which a connection is established to provide content with matching levels.

For example, when the connection with the ABC broadcast is established in operation 350, the content providing device 300 may search for broadcast channel numbers such as channel 1, channel 2, and channel 7 serviced by ABC.

As another example, when the connection with the CNN broadcast is established, the content providing device 300 may search for a content genre such as drama, sports, news, documentary, music, current affairs, and culture, which are serviced by the CNN broadcast.

Subsequently, when the broadcast service is selected, the content providing device 300 may transmit the content whose rank is matched to the broadcast receiving device 400 (370). Then, the broadcast receiving device such as TV, IPTV, etc. can play the received content. That is, by matching the hierarchy of elements of the web content format with the hierarchy of elements of the broadcast content format, the web content can be played on the IPTV.

In this case, when the broadcast service is selected, the content providing device 300 may transmit a program guide of the selected broadcast service to the broadcast receiving device 400.

For example, when channel 1 of the ABC broadcast is selected as the broadcast service in step 360, the content providing device 300 matches the level of the web-based program guide provided by the channel 1 with the content information providing level of the ATSI CDDC. The broadcast reception device 400 may transmit the same. Here, referring to FIG. 4, the content information providing hierarchy of ATSI CDDC (Consumer Domain Device Configuration) may be a hierarchy of elements 10 of broadcast content recorded in a database in the content providing apparatus 300.

In the above description, the elements of the domain are extracted after the elements of the web content are extracted with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, but the elements of the web content may be extracted after the elements of the domain are extracted. In addition, the element extractor 210 may extract elements of the web content and elements of the domain at once. That is, the order of steps 310 and 320 may be interchanged, or may be combined into one.

Up to now, the process of playing the web content in the broadcast receiving device by matching the ranks of the elements of the web content has been described, but the process of playing the web content in the broadcast receiving device without using the rank matching of the elements of the web content. Let's explain.

5 is a diagram illustrating an overall system configuration for reproducing web content in a broadcast reception device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

According to FIG. 5, the web page generating apparatus 500 may generate a web page according to a microformat. In addition, the web page generating apparatus 500 may provide users with web content belonging to the generated web page. In this case, the web page may be generated according to a microformat using the hATOM.

Then, the content providing device 600 may transmit the elements of the received web content to the broadcast receiving device 700. For example, referring to FIG. 4, in operation 370, the content providing device 600 may bypass elements of web content whose ranks are matched with the broadcast receiving device 700.

In this case, the broadcast receiving device 700 may be a TV, IPTV, set-top box, DMB, navigation, etc. that can receive the CDDC-based broadcast. Then, the broadcast receiving device 700 may play the broadcast content generated by using the elements of the bypassed web content. Here, the broadcast content may include a video, a still image, a news article, and an article.

6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a web page generating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a view provided to explain a generation method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the web page generating apparatus 500 may include a micro format generating unit 510, a web page generating unit 520, and an element transmitting unit 530.

First, according to FIGS. 6 and 7, the micro-format generator 510 may acquire domain elements of a web page to be generated (710).

Next, the micro-format generator 510 may generate a micro-format based on the format of the broadcast content (720). For example, the micro-format generator 510 may generate a micro-format such that the hierarchy of elements of the broadcast content and the hierarchy of elements of the web content correspond to each other (720). In this case, as shown in FIG. 8, the micro format generator 510 may generate the micro format 820 using the hATOM.

For example, elements <hfeed>, <hentry>, and <entry-title> in the generated micro format may correspond to a service information table (MasterSiTable) of the content providing device 600. The element <entry-content> may correspond to the virtual channel map table, and the element <author> may correspond to provision information. In this case, the element <author> may include domain elements obtained in step 710.

Meanwhile, the element <entry-content> may include a channel among the elements of the web content and the elements of Table 1 below. In this case, the element <entry-content> must include a channel, title, link, and description element among elements of the web content.

Table 1 shows the configuration of child elements of the element <channel>.

Element <category> Optional <cloud> Optional <copyright> Optional <description> Required <docs> Optional <generator> Optional <image> Optional <language> Optional <lastBuildDate> Optional <link> Required <managingEditor> Optional <pubDate> Optional <rating> Optional <skipDays> Optional <skipHours> Optional <textInput> Optional <title> Required <ttl> Optional <webmaster> Optional

The web page generator 520 may generate a web page 810 based on the generated micro format (730). In this case, the generated web page 810 may include one or more contents. Accordingly, elements of the web content included in the generated web page 810 correspond to elements and ranks of the broadcast content, and thus it is not necessary to match the ranks between the elements.

Subsequently, the element transmitter 530 may transmit the elements of the web content included in the generated web page to the content providing device 600 (740).

Then, the content providing device 600 may search for a service provider (Service Provider Discovery) (750).

In operation 760, the content providing apparatus 600 may establish a connection with the found service provider.

In operation 770, the content providing device 600 may search for a broadcast service provided by a service provider to which a connection is established (Service Provider's Service Discovery). Here, operations 750 to 770 are the same as operations 340 to 360 described above, and thus redundant descriptions thereof will be omitted.

 Next, when the broadcast service is selected, the content providing device 600 may transmit elements of web content to the broadcast receiving device 700 (780). Then, the broadcast receiving device 700 such as an IPTV may play the received web content. That is, as the web page is generated according to the rank of the elements of the broadcast content, the web content may be played on the IPTV without matching the rank between the elements.

In addition, the imaging apparatus and method according to the embodiments of the present invention includes a computer readable medium including program instructions for performing operations implemented by various computers. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The media may be program instructions that are specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

100: web page
200: content conversion system
300, 600: content providing device
400, 700: broadcast receiving device
500: web page generation device

Claims (20)

In the content conversion method performed by a content conversion system including an element extraction unit and a matching unit,
Extracting, by the element extractor, elements of web content from web content, and extracting domain elements from a web page to which the web content belongs; And
The matching unit matching a hierarchy between elements of the web content and domain elements and elements of broadcast content;
Including,
The web content is collected from one or more web pages,
The matching step,
And matching hierarchies between elements of the broadcast content such that the collected web content is reproduced in a broadcast receiving device. delete In the content conversion method performed by a content conversion system including an element extraction unit and a matching unit,
Extracting, by the element extractor, elements of web content from web content, and extracting domain elements from a web page to which the web content belongs; And
The matching unit matching a hierarchy between elements of the web content and domain elements and elements of broadcast content;
Including,
Elements of the broadcast content include provisioning information, a service information table, and a virtual channel map table element,
The matching step,
Matching elements of the web content to the provisioning information element, and matching the domain elements to the service information table and the virtual channel map table element. The method of claim 3,
The domain elements include an address, a head, and a body of a web page to which the web content belongs.
The matching step,
And matching the address of the web page to the provisioning information element and matching the head and body to the virtual channel map table element. In the content conversion method performed by a content conversion system including an element extraction unit and a matching unit,
Extracting, by the element extractor, elements of web content from web content, and extracting domain elements from a web page to which the web content belongs; And
The matching unit matching a hierarchy between elements of the web content and domain elements and elements of broadcast content;
Including,
And the elements of the web content include a channel, title, link, and description element of the web content. An element extracting unit extracting elements of web content from web content and extracting domain elements from a web page to which the web content belongs; And
A matching unit that matches the ranks of the elements of the web content and the domain elements and the elements of the broadcast content,
The web content is collected from one or more web pages,
The matching unit,
And matching the ranks such that the collected web content is reproduced by a broadcast receiving device. delete An element extracting unit extracting elements of web content from web content and extracting domain elements from a web page to which the web content belongs; And
A matching unit that matches the ranks of the elements of the web content and the domain elements and the elements of the broadcast content,
The elements of the broadcast content include a provisioning information, a service information table, and a virtual channel map table element,
The matching unit,
Matching elements of the web content to the provisioning information element, and matching the domain elements to the service information table and the virtual channel map table element. The method of claim 8,
The domain elements include an address, a head, and a body of a web page to which the web content belongs.
The matching unit,
And matching the address of the web page to the provisioning information element and matching the head and body to the virtual channel map table element. An element extracting unit extracting elements of web content from web content and extracting domain elements from a web page to which the web content belongs; And
A matching unit that matches the ranks of the elements of the web content and the domain elements and the elements of the broadcast content,
And the elements of the web content include a channel, title, link, and description element of the web content. delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete

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